Upon landing on Greece’s largest island, it becomes immediately clear that Crete is the birthplace of olive farming. The drive in any direction consists of miles and miles of ancient…

If you’ve filled up your gas tank or turned on the news lately, then you know fuel prices are soaring. Airlines around the world have very small margins so they’re…

By Christopher Elliott: When Eileen Landauer’s hotel in Jasper, Canada, was evacuated because of a wildfire last summer, she faced more than a battle with her online travel agency for…

I’ve only seen golf-ball-size hail once in my life, while in Dallas, Texas, and it was eye-opening. But what happened in the Midwest a few days ago makes that look…

United Airlines Flight 2092 from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport (ORD) to New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) was diverted to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) on Saturday morning, April 18, due to a…

If you’ve been following travel news this week, then you’ve probably seen one of the biggest stories making the rounds: the idea of United Airlines (UA) buying American Airlines (AA)….

Whenever, I get a press release from Google, I’m always interested since their search engine is one of the best tools for travelers to find flights. And a lot of…

In one of the more bizarre and funny things I have seen while covering the travel industry over the last few decades, pilots were heard making cat and dog sounds…

Princess Cruises just made a major announcement today at Seatrade, the world’s largest cruise conference, that it plans to build three new cruise ships. Don’t get too excited because, unfortunately,…

The U.S. Travel Association this week released new data in its Economic Impact of Travel 2025 report, highlighting the role travel continues to play in the U.S. economy and pointing…

Air New Zealand has done it again. Back in December 2010 I was invited to go up to Seattle to take part in Air New Zealand’s delivery ceremony of their…

A couple of weeks ago, I attended United Airlines Media Day inside one of their hangars at Los Angeles International Airport. During the event, United announced several updates, including Relax…

If you’re flying through San Francisco International Airport (SFO), build in extra time—because new federal safety restrictions combined with runway construction are significantly reducing the airport’s capacity and increasing the…

American Airlines has just joined Delta, United, Southwest, Alaska, and JetBlue in raising checked baggage fees. When I was on Rich DeMuro’s podcast last week, I told him that once…

Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Passengers on multiple commercial flights were treated to a once in a lifetime view when they looked out their…